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    Construction Of 500 Metric Tonne Capacity Multi Grain Precleaning, Processing And Storage Complex In Arua Municipality
    (Makerere University, 2021-02-15) Afayo, Nick
    This research report is a presentation of the authors involvement and skill attained in project management of the design, build supply, test and commission of 500 metric tonne capacity multi grain precleaning, processing and storage complex contracted to China Huangpai Food and machineries Ltd in Arua Municipality, supervised by Joadah Consults Ltd. The Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Project (MATIP) was conceived by Ministry of Local Government (MoLG) based on the findings of a feasibility study commissioned by the Government of Uganda (GoU), in March 2008, to review and assess local markets infrastructure and functional status across the country. MATIP I enabled government to rebuild seven major modern markets in Kampala, Jinja, Mbale, Gulu, Lira, Hoima and Fortportal. MATIP II is therefore an extension of MATIP I and involves the construction of 11 additional markets. The second phase focuses on market place infrastructure, adding value and facilitating trade (including capacity building) The constructions are in Nine Municipalities of Arua, Entebbe (Kitoro), Masak, Mbarara, Mororto (Lopedru), Soroti, and Tororo on the one hand and Kasese, Busia, Kitgum and Lugazi on the other hand. The main objective of this study is to identify the major challenges on the project, the likely causes, and their effects on the overall performance of the project. Attached by the entity to the project manager’s team, the author worked closely with the supervising consultant M/s Joadah Consults Limited as the Programme Support Officer. The major challenges facing this project included among others lack of adequate construction space for material storage and working space, maneuverability to and from the site leading to delays, delays in specialized equipment mobilization most especially the mobile concrete mixer and delayed payments. Despite the many challenges enumerated, the project management team was able to review the site layout plan by fast tracking sections that require urgent attention so as to minimize delays.
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    Rehabilitation of Lemerijoa road and the junction in Arua Municipality
    (Makerere University, 2018-11-26) Afayo, Nick
    The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MoLHUD) using funding from the World Bank, formulated a program, Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID), to improve urban infrastructure conditions in fourteen (14) municipalities of Arua, Entebbe, Gulu, Hoima, Jinja, Kabale, Masaka, Tororo, Soroti, Mbale, Lira, Moroto, Fort Portal and Mbarara. The program is intended to be implemented over a period of 5 years with a projected budget of USD 150million. This report is as a result of the project supervision of the Rehabilitation of Lemerijoa road (0.78km) in Arua Municipality implemented under the USMID program The aim of this field attachment was to develop the student’s skills to develop study issues in management of construction projects, collect data from various sources, analyses the data and present findings in a logical way. This report gives a detail account of what transpired during the project right from inception to commissioning including design, Environmental Impacts Assessment, Occupational Health and safety, activities executed and Project management. Any significant construction project will involve various stakeholders who arrive on the project at different stages as parties to the construction process. It’s therefore very important to involve the different stakeholders from the initial stages of the project with a collective aim of delivering the project to meet the client's requirement of delivery on time, to the required quality and at a defined budget. Considering the magnitude of the project and internal technical failures of the client’s payment system, this time loss was quite reasonable. Overall, the project was completed within the prescribed cost range and time. The author learnt that project control was very essential in mitigating many of the management challenges that could arise during construction project execution process.